User blog comment:IFauxy/An Important Decision../@comment-32358261-20171112201908/@comment-32358261-20171113013640

Competitive means getting hidden abilities with egg moves and getting bored for the right items, and 6iv pokemon. Not to mention the endless grind for ev. Bottle caps are hard to by too. There is a lot of preparation to do it properly. If you want to skip a large portion of the grind that mean spending robux for it.

The core games make hidden abilities a lot more easier to get. Most items needed are simple enough to obtain throughout the game or various farming techniques. Ev training is so simple it can be done in 7 battles to max that stat. Hatching eggs is so fast your done in less than a minute. Of course iv breeding and hidden power is still difficult, the big problem of hidden abilities and egg moves is gone.

Overall core games are more refined. But what can you expect for a freemium game like PBB.

The dumb thing is to get pvp ready pokemon, you need items which cost bp which you get from battling other players in a competitive format which is hard without those items in the first place.